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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Piano designed for GaGa

Lady Gaga, This One Is Because Of You

If you have a bone to pick with regards to the designing of the Hydra Piano, you better fight Lady Gaga then. Apostol Tnokovski was enjoying one of her performances on the telly, when he realized that the old, boxy piano was a misfit on her stage! Aghast, he took to the drawing board and came up with this unique, some-what flowing concept that looks stunning in pure glossy white or black. To make matters complicated, the inspiration also comes from the mythological sea monster “Hydra”. Wonder who would perform better on stage shows…monster Hydra Lady Gaga or the piano!

ALL CREDIT/SOURCE: http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/07/16/lady-gaga-this-one-is-because-of-you/

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Piano designed for GaGa

Lady Gaga, This One Is Because Of You

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Monday, March 14, 2011

Rain, SNSD among winners of 2011 Seoul Art & Culture Award

THE Korean entertainers considered to have advanced Korean art and culture in 11 categories last year gathered at the Olympic Gymnastics Stadium in southeastern Seoul to receive the 2011 Seoul Art & Culture Award on Monday.

Rain picked up the world star award, recognized for his cross-continental popularity as a singer and actor. Nine-member girl group Girls' Generation, a.k.a. SNSD, garnered the best Korean pop award for greatly boosting K-pop album sales through their second album "Oh!."

Jeon Do-yeon, the 2007 Cannes Film Festival best actress winner, received the best film actor/actress for her role in the 2010 film "The Housemaid," while actor Lee Beom-soo took the best TV drama actor award for his role in an SBS hit drama "Giant."

TV drama scriptwriter Kang Eun-kyeong was awarded the best drama writer for her 2010 work "Love, Bread and Dreams," while MBC producers Kim Jin-man and Kim Hyeon-cheol won the best TV documentary for "Tears of the Amazon."

Talent agency S.M. Entertainment's founder and chairman Lee Soo-man, who nurtured numerous popular K-pop artists such as BoA, TVXQ and Super Junior, won the best K-pop producer. Musical and TV drama actor Jung Sung-hwa topped the musical category for the 2010 musical "Hero."

The winners were selected by a committee of 20 cultural experts, chaired by Samhwa Networks CEO Shin Hyeon-taek, according to the event organizer Korean Association of Seoul Artistic & Culture, an organization under the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

Sponsored by government agencies including the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the award ceremony was accompanied by a series of cultural performances for the economically disadvantaged.

About 8,000 audience members included child breadwinners, the disabled, multi-cultural families and international travelers. Actress Lee Da-hae, who is fluent in English and Chinese, was the MC for the event.

The ceremony kicked off with a cross-over performance on a Korean folk song "Arirang," by Korean traditional percussion artist Kim Duk-soo, baritone Seo Jeong-hak and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

A group belly dance and a group dancesport followed and Girls' Generation wrapped up the performance.

The event was different from other cultural awards in that it was organized for the people who usually find it difficult to go to concerts and performing arts, the KASAC said.

-The Korea Herald/Asia News Network

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GaGa records fans singing "Born This Way"

Lady GaGa Records fans singing her new hit single "Born this way" outside her hotel
source:http://www.blueberrykissme.com/

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GaGa records fans singing "Born This Way"

Lady GaGa Records fans singing her new hit single "Born this way" outside her hotel
source:http://www.blueberrykissme.com/

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Girls' Generation nick names

Taeyeon

Birth name : Kim Tae Yeon
Name Meaning : Beauty of Highness
Nickname in SNSD : Little child that is like Pack-Sol-Ge snack
Other Nicknames : Taetae, Taeng, Leader Taeyeon, Leader Taeng, Kid Leader, Auntie, Afro Tangee, Little person, A person with short body, Pack-Sol-Ge snack, Mung Taeng,

Jessica

Birthname : Jung Soo Yeon, Jessica Jung

Name Meaning : Beauty and Luxury

Nickname in SNSD : Ice Princess

Other Nicknames : Sic, Sica, Sicachu, Liquid Sica, Sica effect, Sica of sweat, Baby Sic, Puppet Sic, Sexica, Glowing Sic, Sleepy Sica

Sunny

Birthname : Lee Sun Kyu

Name Meaning : Instubborn Jade

Nickname in SNSD : Energy Pill

Other Nicknames : Lee Sunny, Lee Sun, Dolphin, Dolphin Sunny, Cute Sunny, Sun Kyu

Tiffany

Birthname : Hwang Mi Young, Stephanie Hwang

Name Meaning : Beautiful Flower Petal

Nickname in SNSD : Brighter than Gem

Nicknames : Fany, Brighter than mushroom Tiffany, Fany of Belly, Bacteria Fany, Fany the Practicer, Rural Fany, Spongebob Hwang, Fany Fany Tiffany, Human Jukebox, Mushroom